Culturally based instruction has long been touted as a preferred approach to improving the performance of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students? academic performance. However, there has been scant research to support this conjecture, particularly when quantitative data and quasi-experimental designs are included. The results of this…

Of all the technical schools in the United States, probably none exists whose aim is so clearly defined as that of our two great Government schools for the training of officers for the United States Army and Navy. The purpose of these schools is strictly utilitarian, viz, to give to a selected number of young men of this country the best possible…

The National Committee on Mathematical Requirements was organized in the late summer of 1916 under the auspices of the Mathematical Association of America for the purpose of giving national expression to the movement for reform in the teaching of mathematics, which had gained considerable headway in various parts of the country, but which lacked…

Develops a perspective on relevance and suggests some means of maximizing the effectiveness of our educational goals in teaching the disadvantaged child mathematics. (Author/JM)

A working definition of programed instruction is given, historical background is sketched, and present state of evolution is described. How these forces combine to enhance mathematics instruction is considered and some criteria for the selection and use of programed instruction are suggested. (LS)

Patterns of equilateral triangles, squares, rectangles, and regular pentagons are provided for students to use in building models of polyhedra. (DT)

Eighty-five sixth-grade students were randomly assigned to either a traditional instruction or a systems instructional group and were blocked according to sex and ethnicity. Following eight months of mathematics instruction, skill assessments found significant differences for adding and subtracting fractions subtests related to both instructional…

Experiences with complex numbers and graphical representations of them are discussed, with a program for a microcomputer. (MNS)

Comparative predictive validities of 147 secondary school students were examined for six subtests of the SRA Assessment Survey and for five subscales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept relative to overall/grade point average (GPA) earned and to GPA achieved in English and mathematics courses. (Author)

Describes a computer-assisted instruction program designed to help teachers develop and maintain continuously updated diagnostic records of student achievement. Gives hardware requirements and describes the program's eight components. These include deleting/changing records and lists, a testing manager, list producer, and student record reviewer.…

Attitudes of pre- and in-service teachers toward problem solving are discussed, and how to provide successful problem-solving experiences is described. Both formal and informal methods are included. (MNS)

The emergence and differentiation of partitioning as a process that leads young children to construct ideas of rational numbers was traced through clinical sessions with 43 primary children as they manipulated objects. The data analysis led to a five-level theory of the partitioning process. (MNS)

Fourteen probability activities are presented, categorized as activities with impossible and certain events, mystery bags, decks of cards, dice, spinners, and flipping. They help children develop an intuitive understanding of probability. (MNS)